I am taking the plunge into my first 1911 build with some help from a friend. I just ordered parts from Ed Brown, Wilson, C&S, EGW and Nowlin. Suggestions/advice/opinions are always welcome. Here are pics of the frame and slide.

Mr. Gekko

05-30-2011, 20:02

:cool:

knedrgr is wrapping up a nice build of his own. He or Quack would be good people here to ask about tinkering with 1911's.

knedrgr

05-30-2011, 20:03

That looks mighty familiar... I just finished a similar frame kit from Remsport, except mine has a rail frame with a slab slide.

I'm not sure what the finish is on the slide. When I asked about the slide, he just said that it was a carbon slide. My plan is to black melonite the frame and slide or an OD finish on the frame with a black finish on the slide.

denn1911

05-30-2011, 20:38

Thanks for the heads up on the grip bushing tap. The only thing that I've done so far is clean an lube the slide/frame and work the slide back and forth about 600 times. The frame to slide fit seems very good with no wobble side to side. Being a noob, I'm trying to learn as much as I can step by step.